Hear a New Track From Hellfyre Club's Nocando: "Renaissance Nigga"

Low End Theory co-founder, Hellfyre Club head, and sometime L.A. Weekly columnist Nocando is working on his next album, and so far the material he's releasing from it is pure fire. After creeping us out with the eerie visuals of his video for the menacing "3rd World Hustle (An American Nightmare)," he's back again with another icy, trunk-rattling track, "Renaissance Nigga," which you can hear below. Produced by Scoop Deville, it's got plenty of low-end swagger to match Nocando's fluid wordplay, which backs up his claim that "you ain't gotta put me on, I'm already on."

Andy Hermann is L.A. Weekly's music editor. His work has also appeared in Metromix (where he was national music editor), XLR8R, BPM, the Daily Dot and the Boston Phoenix. He lives in Highland Park and loves house music, wine, cats and Phil Collins, though not necessarily in that order.